Heat recoverable connector

An elongate open-ended connector made from a heat recoverable material having an elastic memory and able to be shrunken by heat from an expanded state to a contracted state to provide an individual protective covering about a plurality of joined articles, said connector in the expanded state comprising, an outer surrounding wall extending along the length of the connector between one end thereof and an opposite end thereof and at least one internal wall extending for at least a portion of the distance along the length of the connector within said outer wall and integrally related therewith that partitions the connector within the outer wall into a plurality of open-ended channels extending between said ends of the connector, said channels having a cross-sectional shape adapted to receive and permit the positioning of the joined articles therewithin, said internal wall having a length thereof sufficient to encapsulate the area of juncture between the respective articles positioned within each of the channels, and said internal wall and said outer wall adapted to contract snugly about the joined articles and thicken without melting to control drift of the joined article towards each other and provide an individual and combined protective covering thereabout of reduced bulk that assures adequate spacing between the joined articles when the connector is contracted by heat.